Politics & Government
Pa.'S Unemployment Rate At 4.3% In January
In Pennsylvania, non-farm jobs were up 14,800 over the month to 6,085,800 in January.
March 10, 2023
Pennsylvania’s unemployment was 4.3% in January, according to state data on Friday.
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The January unemployment rate is a 0.4 percentage point increase from the record low of 3.9% recorded by the Department of Labor and Industry in December 2022.
The commonwealth’s January 2023 unemployment rate is 0.2 percentage points below its January 2022 unemployment rate, data showed.
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Nationally, the unemployment rate was 3.4% in January, down one-tenth of a percentage point from 3.5% in December 2022.
In Pennsylvania, non-farm jobs were up 14,800 over the month to 6,085,800 in January.
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